going to change my computer... any advice?

[DIGITAL SCREAMS]

A P4 4ghz???!!! I cant find that.....

Im only going to upgrade when intel hit the 5ghz mark

DS

[saba]

Originally Posted by DIGITAL SCREAMS

A P4 4ghz???!!! I cant find that.....

Im only going to upgrade when intel hit the 5ghz mark

DS

Intel will not be going in that direction. All the semiconductor pushing is towards multi-core CPU's, since they finally worked out that its the better option.

They are hitting the physical limits of high-speed switching.
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LovelyWendie99

[hatembr]

forgot this thread

ok... i bought a Asus AMD A7N8X-E Deluxe (WiFi Edition) + XP 3000+ Barton (400Mhz)

i didn't install it yet, but honestly.... i fell in love with the new compact iMac G5!! all packed into the screen!! but god it's 1850euro!! if i find a cheap 2nd hand G4, i think i'll sell my 2 pcs and go for it!

[jasedee]

Originally Posted by hatembr

i fell in love with the new compact iMac G5!! all packed into the screen!! but god it's 1850euro!! if i find a cheap 2nd hand G4, i think i'll sell my 2 pcs and go for it!

Now you're talking my language!!!!!!!

One more convert for the "cool" team

[Juho L]

Originally Posted by hatembr

but god it's 1850euro!!

Good lord! By the way is it true that the Mac laptops are cheaper than equivalent tabletop Mac?

[jasedee]

Originally Posted by Juho L

Good lord! By the way is it true that the Mac laptops are cheaper than equivalent tabletop Mac?

Well.....the best Laptop (17 inch G4 Powermac) is AUD$4500, and the best desktop (Dual 2.5Ghz G5) is AUD$5300

[Panopticon]

Originally Posted by Juho L

Good lord! By the way is it true that the Mac laptops are cheaper than equivalent tabletop Mac?

Not really. You have to consider that the Powerbooks are still single processor G4's, while the Powermacs are dual processor G5's. The diff between the G4's and G5's is astonishing, so there's really no way to call the laptop equivalent. Also, the Powermacs hold 8GB RAM, which really helps with plugs like Drumkit from Hell Superior, which can use upwards of 4GB at a time.

Bottom line, in terms of available power for music production, the Powermacs are different beasts entirely than the Powerbooks. I have one project with 157 tracks, over a hundred plugins, over two-dozen soft-synth/sampler plugs, video playback, and MIDI control for our live light show. Processor load is about 80% at 24/44.1, 1024 buffer size. You would come nowhere close to this on a powerbook (or G5 iMac, for that matter).

The Powermacs are spendy, but they're rock solid, fast, and fairly pain-free.

[DIGITAL SCREAMS]

Interesting specs. Anyone here use dual processors?

DS

[tranzash]

I use dual proc G5 2.0.

[Panopticon]

Yeah I'm dual 2.0 G5 as well...